Media Statements

Construction companies are being invited to submit their interest in building the $150 million Walkerston Bypass.

The Sunshine Coast community is invited to share ideas on proposed rail and commuter parking improvements as part of the jointly funded $550 million Beerburrum to Nambour Rail (B2N) Upgrade.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Steven Miles and Member for Gaven Meaghan Scanlon saw first hand how epidemiologists used a contract tracing app which was developed in a matter of weeks to help fight COVID-19 on the Gold Coast.

Queensland’s 77 councils and one town authority will share in $2 million to better prepare for natural disasters as part the 2020-21 Get Ready Queensland program.

The creative works of a dozen Queensland primary school students from Prep through to Grade 6 will appear in the 2021 Farm Safety calendar following a competition run by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.

The Palaszczuk Government will provide a multi-million-dollar economic recovery boost to secure more than 1,000 resource and manufacturing jobs across North Queensland, from Mount Isa to Townsville.

Queensland’s transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be officially completed on 1 October 2020, when NDIS Full Scheme arrangements take effect.

Queensland’s Indigenous councils will be better placed to deliver general and essential public services for their communities, sharing in more than $41.2 million from three Palaszczuk Government grants.

Work will start before Christmas to add lanes in each direction on the Bruce Highway between Caboolture and Beerburrum.

Queensland will extend its border zone with New South Wales from 1am Thursday 1 October to include Ballina, Casino and other areas along the length of the border.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the change would support people and businesses in the border communities.“Our strong borders have kept Queenslanders safe and allowed us to keep our economy going, businesses open and people working.“Thanks to our health response and falling numbers of the virus, we can now take a gradual a...

The Palaszczuk Government is backing Bundaberg farmers with a new $1.1 million funding package to get more seasonal workers onto farms.

The hunt is on for more gas to fuel jobs, with four companies to explore more than 3000 square kilometres of central and south-west Queensland.